Air Academy’s Erin Todd completed the Kadets rally in the final two minutes on Thursday against Centaurus, netting her sixth goal in a 14-13 victory as time expired.

Centaurus looked to have things in the bag with 1:47 remaining and up 13-10, but a furious comeback by the Kadets — including Miranda Beal’s equalizer with 22 seconds left — sent the Warriors to their third straight defeat.

The state hockey bracket will be released Sunday. After last night’s events, we have something of a clearer picture in terms of what that bracket might look like.

Ralston Valley gave Regis Jesuit its first loss of the season on Tuesday. It means the Mustangs now control their own destiny when it comes to locking up the No. 1 seed out of the Foothills Conference.

The Raiders are 12-1-0 in conference play, the determining factor when it comes to seeding. They have a date with Rampart remaining, but, as a nonconference game, it’s nothing of consequence.

Ralston Valley (9-1-0), meanwhile, has three conference tilts left. If the Mustangs win out, the conference title, and No. 1 seed is theirs by way of a head-to-head tiebreaker with Regis.

Mountain Vista currently sits in a tie for fourth in the Peak Conference, while Kent Denver is sixth in the Foothills Conference.

The state hockey tournament begins February 24th. Here’s how things are shaping up:

Regis Jesuit, unbeaten, but not unchallenged, sits in the driver’s seat as the state hockey tournament approaches later this month.

The Raiders (15-0-0) control their own fate in terms of wrapping up the No. 1 seed out of the Foothills Conference, but one big hurdle remains: Ralston Valley.

Regis Jesuit hasn’t played since a 3-2 overtime win over Resurrection Christian on Jan. 28 — the team’s closest game of the season. But the school starts a stretch of four games in seven days tomorrow evening against Standley Lake.

After a date with Summit — a team fighting for its playoff life — on Saturday, the Raiders will play Ralston Valley on Feb. 14. That game could very well decide the Foothills Conference title.

Metro League president Dave Eichman told The Gazette that the schools voted to break into two as-yet-unnamed conferences in 4A. Colorado Springs’ six 5A teams in the Metro League will also remain in their own league. The paper noted that the vote was not unanimous, but was “close” to it.

“It’s just the right thing to do at this time,” Eichman said, “but it’s not something that everybody wanted to do. It just kind of needed to be done.”

“It’s somber, to be honest with you,” Eichman added later. “It’s really weird because everybody is so close, it’s almost like losing somebody. You feel a little bit lost.”

Paul Angelico is in his first prep sports season as commissioner of the Colorado High School Activities Association, where he oversees every sport at the high school level.

Now, with the state basketball tournaments nearing their final stages, you have a chance to ask him questions.

Angelico has agreed to take readers’ questions in this week’s edition of The Denver Post’s “Fan Mail” feature.

Prior to being named commissioner last January, Angelico was an associate commissioner at CHSAA for eight years. He succeeded Bill Reader.

Angelico is a 1972 graduate of Wasson, and he later graduated from Northern Colorado, where he competed on the school’s men’s gymnastics team. He’s also taught and coached gymnastics at Air Academy and Coronado.

Send your questions in an email to fanmail@denverpost.com. Questions will be accepted through Thursday morning.

There were 32 first round games across three classes last night. Twenty-two of those were decided by three goals or more, including 15 games decided by at least five goals and six decided by 10 or more.

It was worst in Class 4A, where 12 of the 16 games saw margins of victories of three or more goals — including 10 wins of five or more and four of ten our more. Think about that: a quarter of the games in 4A last night were decided by at least ten goals. In soccer.

Neil Devlin, originally from the Philadelphia area, has covered high school sports in Colorado for more than 30 years, writing about the people, athletes and events that encompass the Rocky Mountain prep sports world.